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Irish Times
4 days ago
- General
- Irish Times
Truck driver (50) hospitalised after driving into Co Roscommon house
A truck driver in his 50s has been taken to hospital after driving into a house in Co Roscommon on Wednesday morning. The truck collided with a house at Grange More in Boyle at about 10.10am, breaching the wall and becoming wedged under the living room ceiling. The sole occupant of the house at the time was not injured in the crash, a Garda spokesman said. Emergency services attended the scene shortly after the collision and transported the truck driver to Sligo University Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. READ MORE Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses of the collision to come forward. People on the R361 at Grange More between 9.45am and 10.15am with camera footage are asked to make this available to gardaí.
Irish Times
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Past winners and young thrusters among riders going for Rás Tailteann glory
Former champion Daire Feely, last year's runner-up Conn McDunphy and a very young Irish national team will be among those in the thick of the action when the Rás Tailteann battle rages this week. Starting on Wednesday with a stage from Drogheda to Boyle in Co Roscommon, the 761km event will feature strong teams from home and abroad. A total of 13 visiting squads have travelled for the event, of which eight are from the United Kingdom. These include the Das Richardsons squad of Dom Jackson, the affable British rider who triumphed overall last year. Cycling Club Isle of Man and the German team Storck-Metropol Cycling are the other two Europe-based visitors. READ MORE Good Guys Racing and Team Skyline hail from the USA, while Canel's Java is registered in Mexico. The latter squad includes Cormac McGeough, who won stage three in Cahir last year. Team Skyline features Irishmen McDunphy and Paul Kennedy, who had fine performances in the 2024 event. Kennedy was second on day one, while McDunphy was one of the big stars of the week. He won stage two to Sneem and ended up second overall, having been involved in a close three-way battle with Jackson and young Irish talent Liam O'Brien throughout the event. Those three ended up on precisely the same time in the final standings, marking the closest-ever finish in the race. Kennedy will also be eager to get going in the 2025 edition, having finished second on the opening stage to Kilmallock. The route of the 2025 Rás Tailteann, which runs from Wednesday to Sunday. The 2022 Rás winner Feeley will spearhead the Burren CC team and will hope to reach the same level of success as three years ago. He rode a brilliant race then, becoming the first Irish winner since Stephen Gallagher back in 2008. The Irish national squad will again be guided from the team car by Martyn Irvine. The former track world champion steered Dillon Corkery to success in 2024 and although Corkery will not be taking part this year, Irvine hopes that a young Irish team will find success. At 22, double king of the mountains winner Dean Harvey is the most senior on the squad, and will head into the race with confidence boosted from his win this month in the national criterium championships. He will be joined by the 21-year-olds Ruairi Byrne, Con Scully and Jamie Meehan, plus the 19-year-old Willem O'Connor. Fifteen Irish county and regional teams will also be hoping to leave their mark. The 70th edition of the Rás Tailteann gets under way at 11.40am in Drogheda on Wednesday, with the first stage covering 155.5km to Boyle. Stage two from Charlestown to Clifden is the longest at 170.9km and takes in five categorised climbs, including the first-category Windy Gap. Day three from Cong to Miltown Malbay is just 7km shorter and includes the category-two climbs of Corkscrew Hill and the Cliffs of Moher close to the finish. The following day's race from Ennis to Mountrath is the shortest of the week at 128.1km but the first-category climb of Wolftrap will wreak havoc inside the final half-hour of racing. The final winner will be decided on Sunday with a fast 142.8km race from Kildare Town to Bective in Co Meath. Rás Tailteann 2025 Stage 1, Wednesday, May 21st: Drogheda to Boyle, 155.5km Stage 2, Thursday, May 22nd: Charlestown to Clifden, 170.9km Stage 3, Friday, May 23rd: Cong to Miltown Malbay, 163.8km Stage 4, Saturday, May 24th: Ennis to Mountrath, 128.1km Stage 5, Sunday, May 25th: Kildare Town to Bective, 142.8km
Extra.ie
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Polka Loco: From Minnie Mouse to Kate Middleton — why we're all still dotty for spots
From Minnie Mouse to Princess Diana, polka print fashion has proved eternally stylish. And in ten years, 2025 polka dot print has made a massive resurgence with fashion lovers going polka loco – for dot dresses, spotted shirts and circle print skirts. The polka dot trend was on show at last week's Punchestown Festival where an array of sartorial conscious racegoers pouting their very best polka dot feet forward. Ciara Denvir, from Belfast, who was the overall winner of the Bollinger Best Dressed at the Punchestown Festival. Pic: Michael Chester But polka dot fashion is not merely the purvey of cutesy cartoon mice or high society as the high stress is polka dot heaven which people are quite simply dotty about. The iconic Disney character Minnie made her debut in 1928 at the Walt Disney Animation Studio wearing what has become an instant recognisable trademark pink and white polka dot dress. Fun Minnie Mouse fact – the now-legendary dots were initially excluded in the early films due to the difficulty of animating them. Disney alternatively depicted the nostalgic spotted skirt in still images. Genevieve Ryan, from Co Roscommon, who was the winner of the Bollinger Best Dressed competition on the opening day of the Punchestown Festival. Pic: Michael Chester But first a quick sartorial step back in time to see how this particular style of print has ,not only lasted, but has evolved and reinvented through the ages. For most our very first introduction to the polka dot print in fashion came courtesy of that little very stylish minx herself Minnie Mouse. Minnie Mouse. Pic:for Disney hen in the 19020's Madame Fashion herself Coco Chanel integrated the pattern into her designs with the simple polka dot now an emblem of empowering women as Chanel server more transformed the playful print into one that exuded feminine flair. The spot's legacy continued to dot into the '80s and '90s when the Princess of fashion herself Princess Diana cut a very dotted dash as she graced the royal box at the 1988 Ascot dressed in a classic navy and white polka dot dress. Princess Diana at Ascot in 1988. Pic: Jayne Fincher/PrincessThe love of spotted and dotted dresses has been emulated by the present Princess of Wales Kate Middleton who wears dots with aplomb. So while polka dots carry flirty and fun connotations and the innocence of childhood and carefree days they also exude a touch of elegance blended with high-society sophistication. So whether you're a Minnie Mouse fan or an adorer of Diana, spotted fashion is something we can all get dotty about.
